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Construction will begin today on a new $10.5 million gateway to consolidate two Wright-Patterson entrances into one. A new Gate 26A, a few hundred yards from the current, would replace a commercial delivery entrance at Gate 16A off Ohio 444, and the existing Gate 26A off Ohio 235 near the entrance to the 445th Airlift Wing headquarters. The...

A civil rights lawyer and a former National Parks Service superintendent were the first to receive the Trailblazer Awards from the Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers Monument, officials said. Benjamin L. Crump, a civil rights lawyer, and Robert G. Stanton, former NPS leader, were presented the awards Thursday on the 154th birthday of Young. Crump...

Dayton isn’t included in an Air Force request to reimburse three communities for out of pocket costs caused by groundwater contamination that may have been caused by a firefighting foam contaminant, the service branch revealed on Friday. The Air Force is asking congressional defense committees for money to reimburse communities near...

Dayton attorney Merle Wilberding was a part of American history he has never forgotten. Fifty years ago today in Quang Nang Province, a quiet hamlet in Vietnam, American soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese villagers in what became known as the My Lai massacre. Lt. William L. Calley Jr., a platoon leader with Charlie Company, would...

A new leader will head programs for cargo and training aircraft at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Lynda T. Rutledge was named program executive officer of the Mobility Directorate, replacing Kevin W. Buckley who stepped down in February to pursue work in the private sector. RELATED: Wright Patt senior leader of aircraft programs steps down...

The iconic B-17 Memphis Belle rolled out of a Wright-Patterson restoration hangar and into the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on Wednesday evening after years of painstaking work to restore the World War II appearance. Here are five quick facts about the bomber: 1. BUILDING SUSPENSE FOR THE DEBUT: The aircraft will be displayed &ldquo...

The United States is pivoting to a “great power competition” with China and Russia as it adds billions of dollars to restore military readiness and plans to add thousands of airmen to its ranks, a top Air Force leader says. In an exclusive interview with this news outlet, Undersecretary of the Air Force Matthew P. Donovan, the...

UPDATE @ 6:35 p.m.: The historic bomber has been successfully moved to its new home inside the Word War II gallery. The World War II B-17 bomber Memphis Belle, which arrived in pieces and sat for years in a restoration hangar at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, will be moved Wednesday evening to its display location. The iconic...

The second highest-ranking civilian leader in the Air Force says the service branch has approached Congress about how to send money to communities impacted by tainted groundwater contamination from nearby bases. UPDATE: Dayton not included in AF request to reimburse areas for tainted water The city of Dayton has pressed the Air Force for...

Two congressional leaders say they want answers from the Navy’s top admiral on why they were not told at a congressional hearing about a serious mishap inside an electronic warfare jet where temperatures plunged to Arctic-like below zero levels and severely reduce visibility while flying, forcing the crew to seek medical treatment....

A video has surfaced of Navy F/A-18 fighter jets encountering an unidentified aircraft off the East Coast in 2015, media reports said. Fighter jet surveillance video shows it encountered the object roughly four nautical miles away over the ocean, according to reports from USA Today and The Washington Post. >> Read more...

A video has surfaced of Navy F/A-18 fighter jets encountering an unidentified aircraft off the East Coast in 2015, media reports say. Fighter jet surveillance video shows it encountered the object roughly four nautical miles away over the ocean. A Pentagon spokesperson Monday would say only the Defense Department did not release the video...

Local reaction Friday to news that North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump plan to meet in May for nuclear disarmament talks seemed to fall under the same category: surprise, skepticism and a belief it never would have happened a few months ago. The whiplash development could put two leaders who’ve repeatedly insulted...

Colorado communities near Peterson Air Force Base are dealing with something Dayton officials hope never happens here: thousands of people impacted by chemicals tainting water supplies. The suspected cause of the Colorado water woes: A firefighting foam contaminant used by the base that may have seeped into drinking water wells. Five states...

A one-star general will take command of a foreign arms sales agency at Wright-Patterson which had $27.5 billion in sales in 2017, more than triple the prior year. Brig. Gen. Sean Farrell was chosen as director of the Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation Directorate. He will replace Brig. Gen. Gregory Gutterman, who will retire this...

Butler County residents often take clean water for granted, presuming the local supply is as endlessly abundant as the air they breathe. Underneath the Miami Valley, and running along the Great Miami River, a giant aquifer holding 1.5 trillion gallons of water serves the needs of 3 million consumers for drinking water. Those customers include...

It’s been three decades since firefighters avoided spraying water on a burning Sherwin Williams warehouse filled with 1.5 million gallons of paint and other chemicals out of fear it would contaminate the giant aquifer that serves up to three million customers. Nothing of that magnitude has happened since, but officials say it wouldn&rsquo...

It’s been three decades since firefighters avoided spraying water on a burning Sherwin Williams warehouse filled with 1.5 million gallons of paint and other chemicals out of fear it would contaminate the giant aquifer that serves up to three million customers. Nothing of that magnitude has happened since, but officials say it wouldn&rsquo...

The Dayton man accused of stealing an unmarked detective vehicle from the rear lot of the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office downtown headquarters was captured at Wright-Patterson Air Force base after a Five Rivers Metroparks Park Ranger spotted the vehicle, court documents show. Gerald M. Davis, 51, is charged with grand theft of a...